Lake Kawaguchi Maple Corridor in Fujikawaguchiko

Lake Kawaguchi Maple Corridor is the maple corridor at Lake Kawaguchi in Fuji, Fujikawaguchiko. It is known for a view of Mount Fuji and for maple leaves forming a red-and-gold canopy above the corridor.

What is Lake Kawaguchi Maple Corridor?

The corridor is a distinctive maple-lined place beside Lake Kawaguchi, with the trees creating a tunnel of colour overhead. Its setting combines the red-and-gold canopy with the presence of the lake and a view towards Mount Fuji, giving the attraction its particular visual character.

The corridor is on the northern shore of Lake Kawaguchi. Rather than being only a stand of trees, it is defined by the relationship between the maple canopy, the water beside it and the mountain view beyond.

What can you notice along the corridor?

The canal beside the corridor is one of its most specific features. Falling maple leaves are reflected in the canal, turning the water into a mirror for the red-and-gold canopy above it.

Stone lanterns are scattered among the roots. The story that these lanterns were placed by travellers seeking guidance belongs to local legend, rather than being presented here as documented history.

An old wooden bridge is nearby. Local legend also says that lovers, including forbidden and famed couples, carved their names into the bridge railing as a vow of loyalty. The source material does not give the bridge or the lanterns a historical date, so their presence is best noticed alongside the legends attached to them.

How does the lakeside setting shape the experience?

Lake Kawaguchi Maple Corridor brings together a maple-lined path, water beside it, falling leaves and a Mount Fuji view. The canal extends the canopy into reflection, while the mountain gives the corridor a wider backdrop without taking attention away from the trees, roots, lanterns and bridge.

The corridor is one of the stops on Kawaguchiko's Kaleidoscope, where it appears as stop 6 of 9. The route's description presents it as a place that invites visitors to pause beneath the canopy, an apt way to take in the corridor's leaves, canal and mountain view together.